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Catalog Number
1941.63.2
Description
Black and white photograph of the R.E. Werrkman Furniture Factory.
History
Reinder E. Werkman was born in the Netherlands on 6-25-1855. He lived in Holland, MI during the 1870s and 1880s. His furniture factory was located on the east end of Lake Macatawa. Built in 1887, the three story factory cost $15,000 and contained 200,000 bricks.
Werkman left the business and Holland in 1891, settling in Benton Harbor, MI. He died in 1931.
Gift of
Yates, C.H.